Indigenous peoples participants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Russia at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues attended a side event hosted by the DGM titled “Illustrating how direct funds governed by IPLCs can contribute to adaptation, mitigation, and conflict resolution” at the UN Headquarters in New York City on May 13, 2016.
Read MoreIn late April, the DGM Global Steering Committee approved a Grievance Redress Mechanism and Complaints Procedure at their 2nd annual meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. This is a core accountability commitment of the DGM.
Read MoreThe Second Annual DGM Global Steering Committee (GSC) Meeting was held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from April 25-28 alongside two events to announce the DGM country project in DRC.
Read MoreThe Second Annual DGM Global Steering Committee meeting will include exchange of experiences between DGM Country Projects and the Global Project, update on current and upcoming DGM activities, approval of a Program Logical Framework, and approval of the Year 2 Work Plan for the Global Project.
Read MoreOn March 30-31, 2016, 17 representatives from Mozambique’s civil society gathered in the northern city of Pemba for the second meeting of the country’s DGM interim committee. This workshop was an important milestone to bring the DGM process forward in Mozambique, and it provides a platform to discuss what issues are most important to forest dependent communities in Mozambique.
Read MoreOur third issue of the DGM Digest newsletter is now available. The issue focuses on DGM activities in Brazil and an update of the process to establish the DGM Ghana project.
Read MoreDGM Brazil, approved in March 2015 with the aim of strengthening Indigenous Peoples, Quilombolas, and Traditional Communities, published its first Call for Proposals on January 25th, 2016, which will support projects in natural resource management, market oriented projects, and projects that respond to immediate threats in the Brazilian Cerrado biome.
Read MoreOn February 24 and 25, the first meeting of the National Steering Committee of the DGM was held in the city of Accra, Ghana. Thirteen representatives from local communities of the Brong-Ahafo (BA) and Western regions along the border with Ivory Coast, (the area of intervention of the DGM Ghana), were introduced as members of the National Steering Committee (NSC).
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